settling for less since the 80s

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Molly Haskell, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, The Age of Ambivalence: 1974-1987 

Surely there has to be some way to both be free of the “sexual and social coercion” of the forties which led to so many awful relationships and so much unhappiness while still believing in and insisting on the real possibility of understanding, deep connection, and lasting love.